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AG orders arrest of prison officers

23 Jul 2020

The Attorney General (AG) has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest four officials at the Negombo Prison, including the interdicted Superintendent P.W.W.U.P. Anuradha Sampayo. Among the officers listed by the AG are Chief Jailors Sarath Bandara and Nishantha Senaratne and Jailor Kalinga Kaluaggala. Co-ordinating Officer to the AG State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne stated that the AG has instructed the CID to obtain arrest warrants on the aforementioned officers and arrest them. Meanwhile, the interdicted Prison Superintendent Sampayo had filed a writ petition at the Court of Appeal, seeking an injunction restraining him from being arrested by the CID. Secretary to the Ministry of Justice S.M. Mohammed, Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya, the AG, and the Director of the CID have been named as respondents of the petition.


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